Meeting the Twins.........and Some Mares.........

Surprise has the white blaze. Trouble has just a small snip on his nose.

Part 1

After we left the hay barn and Percy behind we headed around to the outside of the barn to the shedrow like stalls that wrap around there. The first horses we came across there were Surprise and Trouble. Lytha needed no introduction to those two. She recognized them immediately informing them "You are famous. Did you know that?"

Of course, Surprise and Trouble not only know they are famous, they believe they absolutely deserve to be. If there are any horses on the place with an attitude as big as Rhet's, these two would be it. My feeling on the subject is INFAMOUS suits them much better. Their twin heritage makes them just a hair on the incorrigible side if you ask me.............lovable.........but incorrigible none the less.

The two horses vied for lytha's attention. Their cute little faces peering over the ledge with expressions so sweet you'd think they were innocents but believe me, innocent is just not a term that applies to either of these little monsters. They have that "equal sized twin" mentality that drives each to be in charge. The issue of dominance has never been and probably never will be decided between these two. That's why I keep them separated for turnouts.

Lytha openly drooled over Surprise's exotic little head. Black horses just do not photograph well and I doubt any picture will ever show the beauty of Surprise's face. She is definitely a princess and she knows it.



Vee

Trouble looks like his mother. I think I could take pictures of each and put them side by and and no one would be able to tell who is who except probably me. Even then, I'd be searching for the one little part of a marking that is different. Since Vee is stabled right next to Trouble lytha was able to get the total affect of their resemblance. The whole time Vee was trying to get lytha's attention turned away from Trouble and Trouble was trying to make sure that lytha did not move on. Lytha was definitely welcomed by the horses.


Echo

Once we did move on past the twins and their mother, the next horse we came to was Echo. Something about this mare reminded lytha of her Baasha and I don't know if Echo sense the connection or what but she sure took a liking to lytha and she was determined not to let her go.

Lytha did not remember reading anything about Echo on my blog. I haven't posted much about her because she's the same age as the twins and the twins pretty much commandeered all the attention. The only real posts I did about Echo was back when she was a yearling and injured her leg More Life Lessons - an Arabian Filly Injured The filly would not leave her wound alone and things turned out to be quite hairy getting her healed up. For a long time she did not trust me to touch her leg at all. She's finally over that and has turned into a love muffin and she sure turned it on for lytha.


Gypcy

Next door to Echo is Gypcy. The two have modified their stall wall so that they can visit. Lytha came with me into Gypcy's stall which actually gave Echo better access to her. The silly gray mare was reaching through into Gypcy's stall begging for attention.

Gypcy is on the timid side. She doesn't usually warm up to strangers quickly but something about Echo wanting to keep lytha focused on her made Gypcy decide that maybe she wanted lytha all to herself. Hope, who is right behind Gypcy joined in and lytha pretty much had three mares all seeking her out at the same time.

Normally I would think that might intimidate most. With the walls in between things were definitely safer and the mares weren't doing anything aggressive but they were certainly all trying to be sure that lytha understood each wanted her attention.

It was somewhere along this time frame that I'd mentioned to lytha that I was hoping we'd have the time for me to get on Legs. Then maybe even lytha might take a ride on him depending on how things went. I hadn't ridden the horse since just after the clinic so I wasn't totally sure what to expect. He normally is always good but you just never know. If he behaved as I expected I knew that anyone would be safe on him but it also really depended on how lytha felt about it.

To be continued.....................

The Gray Mares and a Familiar Face

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